Campus notes, Saturday, April 15, 2017

Sunday

Apr 16, 2017 at 5:05 PMApr 16, 2017 at 5:05 PM

University of Scranton student, alumna presented at psychological association

Melissa Lopez of Tobyhanna and Shoronda Matthews of Stroudsburg were among 10 University of Scranton students, five faculty members and one alumna presented research projects and led workshop sessions at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting held in March in Boston.

University of Scranton class of 2016 graduate Shoronda Matthews of Stroudsburg and Carole Slotterback, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University, presented "All I Want for Christmas: An Examination of Children's Requests."

Stephanie Palmer participates in UDance at UD

Stephanie Palmer of Kunkletown, joined the fight against childhood cancer as a Dancer with UDance at the University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. UDance is the university's largest student-run philanthropy benefiting the Wilmington, Delaware-based Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation. In March, the organization celebrated a year's worth of fundraising during its 11th annual twelve-hour dance marathon. UDance is the fifth largest college dance marathon in the nation with more than 2,000 student participants.

Rau earns dean's list honor at Central Penn College

Matthew Rau of Tobyhanna has been named to the dean's list at Central Penn College in Summerdale, for the winter 2017 term.

Emerson College announces local dean's list honorees

The following local residents have been named to Emerson College's dean's list for the fall 2016 semester. The requirement to make the dean's list is a grade point average of 3.7 or higher.

Students are: Emily Carroll of Pocono Pines, Spencer Kash of Stroudsburg and Matthew Planer of Tobyhanna.

Student attend HAI Heli-Expo in Dallas

Dennis J. McNamara of Stroudsburg was one of seven aviation maintenance technology majors at Penn College who recently attended the HAI Heli-Expo in Dallas.

Sigma Theta Tau, Theta Rho Chapter inducts new members

Local students Angela Colon of Blakeslee and Mesha Leslie and Alaina Rude, both of Bushkill, were inducted into the Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Theta Rho Chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.

The purposes of the nursing honor society are to recognize superior achievement and the development of leadership qualities, to foster high professional standards, to encourage creative work and to strengthen commitment to the ideas and purposes of the nursing profession. Nursing students are eligible for membership if, at the end of the junior year they have a grade point average of 3.0 or better, are in the upper 35 percent of their nursing class.